When Daniel Craig's, No Time To Die promises to include familiar faces, such as Ben Whishaw's Q and Ralph Fiennes' M as well as introducing Rami Malek's long-anticipated villain: Safin.
No Time To Die is designed as a definitive conclusion to Daniel Craig's James Bond arc, with 007 confined to retirement as the story begins. With new recruit Nomi replacing him at MI6, Bond must now fight to see whether he can truly enjoy a happy retirement or whether the ghosts of his past will rise to haunt him. Daniel Craig's Bond era has enjoyed an unprecedented level of continuity and serialization, meaning the interconnected Bond installments from Craig carry more gravitas than their more light-hearted predecessors.
The opening sequence of No Time To Die is set not long after the events of Spectre, with Madeline and the former 007 enjoying his decision to retire. After the opening credits - featuring Billie Eilish's titular theme - the action then skips ahead to 5 years after Bond's initial retirement in direct continuity from the final moments of Spectre. The film's narrative sees Bond trade in his quintessential active service status for a quiet life in Jamaica, with several plot markers confirming No Time To Die dates to 2020. The latest Bond installment also continues the franchise's contemporary trends, featuring the latest in cutting edge MI6 gadgets and Bond confronting an enigmatic villain armed with a devastating new technology.
Contextually, both James Bond movies to be set in the year of its release, owed primarily to the inclusion of cutting-edge gadgets. Part of Bond's appeal is the array of dazzling equipment at 007's disposal, even in the tech-lite entries of recent years. James Bond films offer a measured gallery of fantastical inventions that inevitably rescue the protagonist while being careful not to stray into science fiction territory. In this way, a modern setting allows Bond to continually delve into that advanced technological world chronologically and deliver fanservice tied to the gadgetry, which has become a mainstay of the franchise.
Despite much initial secrecy from the Bond production team, No Time To Die's timeline is now confirmed as linear to the rest of No Time To Die should be celebrated as a coda to the elixir he gave to the franchise in 2006.
